Docker Desktop on Windows 10 for SQL Server : Step by Step
This short article explains how to quickly run SQL Server in a Docker container, for both Windows and Linux.
2021-08-13 (first published: 2021-08-11)
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Windows Containers
Working with Windows Containers and Docker: Save the Data
Docker continues to make improvements in their products running on Windows. In this article, Nicolas Prigent explains how to share data between Windows containers and the container host. As a bonus, he also shows how to run a Linux container on Windows Server 2016.
2018-05-21
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Working with Windows Containers and Docker: The Basics
When you begin to work with containers, you will notice many similarities between a container and a virtual machine; but, in fact, these are two quite different concepts. Containers are going to change the way that we do Windows-based development work in the coming year, and they already underpin much of the devops work of speeding the delivery process. Nicolas Prigent explains how to use the Windows Containers feature.
2017-03-31
6,296 reads
Windows Containers and Docker
Windows Server 2016 features support for containers. These are not Linux-based, but containers that run on Windows and run Windows on the inside. These conform to the Open Container Initiative (OCI). They allow you to run applications insulated from the rest of the system, within portable containers that include everything an application needs to be fully functional. As they did with Linux, containers will change the nature of the software supply chain for Windows users.
2016-08-19
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The Backup File Extension
I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file?
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